Santee

Population & Demographics

Santee, CA

Santee is home to 59,332 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,743 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
59,332
people
Population

59,332 residents

Median age 40.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Santee population & demographics

Who lives in Santee — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
59,332
Median age
40.3yrs
Median household income
$113,394
Median home value
$727,200
Median gross rent
$2,250/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.0%
Poverty rate
7.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Santee

How Santee breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White62.9%
Hispanic or Latino20.9%
Two or more races7.1%
Asian6.5%
Black1.8%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Santee

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Santee.

Santee at a glance
Employed Residents
28,743
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Diego
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Santee proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Santee commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

52 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Santee

28,743 commutes, one dot at a time

Santee

Where 28,743 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Santee, by worker count.

1San Diego10.0 mi13,401
2Santee0.0 mi2,333
3El Cajon3.7 mi2,042
4La Mesa5.6 mi948
5Chula Vista15.1 mi794
6Poway9.2 mi758
7Los Angeles117.1 mi551
8Escondido20.1 mi272

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Santee.

1San Diego10.0 mi4,469
2Santee0.0 mi2,333
3El Cajon3.7 mi1,539
4Chula Vista15.1 mi862
5La Mesa5.6 mi588
6Winter Gardens3.6 mi503
7Lakeside4.7 mi501
8Bostonia2.9 mi337

Top industries

The sectors that employ Santee’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
COConstruction21.3%
RTRetail Trade14.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.6%
EDEducational Services8.2%
MFManufacturing7.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Santee

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps86%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Santee

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